Destruction's dread powers are waking!
Ay, stand on the rock and behold the last shock,
It has shivered her deck, and no more
Her pennons will stream in the sun's glancing beam—
Her voyage forever is o'er!
Down 'neath the wave she sinks! none can save;
Let us bid her adieu, for, ah! never
She'll meet with the light of her Cynosure bright,
For the sea has closed o'er her forever!
The whelming waves of woe swell o'er my soul,